Coli Military Experts: Do u feel U.S. would squash China if need be?

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Only way to squash anyone in modern times is nuclear annihilation. Which would squash us all.

God forbid you have idiots like Xi and Trump behind the wheel when real war happened. They the type to push that red button when all fails and go out with a fukk you to everyone.

 

[Umoja]

How did the war in the middle east go?

It would be too costly, your citizens would suffer, and the rest of the world might see it as an opportunity to cripple your standing.

 

[Bonk]

Yeah. No matter how many airships you have, they still have to land.

China got the U.S. coming and going.
They make most of America’s chit, America still owes them bread (which makes you more fierce),
they little so it’s hard to grab them, and the Karate chit on deck.
Jackie Chan is 80 years old, and still fuccin’ niccas up.

I mean - if they wanted to really be about it, they can just tell all the Take Out Restaurants over here to poison the Fried Rice & General Tozo’s Chicken (word to Nore) and they can walk in here and take this country over in a month.

Again, this is all in my expert military opinion.

There’s always a big war whenever there’s a change of consciousness with humanity (this has happened throughout history). And right now we’re close to the end of a civilisation with a paradigm shift in consciousness - so there should be a big war in our lifetime.

I don’t know where it’s going to start. Middle East, Eastern Europe or South China Sea (pacific) - but we’ll all witness it.

I guess we’ll find out then.

 

[Jekyll]

No. The cost of war with China would be too great. The only way you’d see a full on war between two super powers is if somebody got desperate enough to want to destroy the world.

 

[Bonk]

Absolutely. Don't think for a second America won't flip the kill switch on China.

America and the coalition forces had all the best weapons, technological advantage and everything else to their advantage during the Korean war - but were soundly defeated by a very poor and underdeveloped China.

If not for the British forces that stood their ground at the Imjin River and fought gallantly in what was a miracle - when US and other allied forces retreated and ran away - South Korea would be part of North Korea today.

So, all that “kill” and military flamboyance have no bearing in a war. We’ll never know the outcome until it starts.

 

[Tom Foolery]

America and the coalition forces had all the best weapons, technological advantage and everything else to their advantage during the Korean war - but were soundly defeated by a very poor and underdeveloped China.

If not for the British forces that stood their ground at the Imjin River and fought gallantly in what was a miracle - when US and other allied forces retreated and ran away - South Korea would be part of North Korea today.

So, all that “kill” and military flamboyance have no bearing in a war. We’ll never know the outcome until it starts.

1. America always fights at the level of their competition.
2. Their competition is always backed by Russia, so it's never really a one-on-one fight.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

How did the war in the middle east go?

That wasn't a real war.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I was in the navy

LOL No

Expound on your thought..

 

[King Jove]

Geography alone makes modern war difficult for both sides. This isn't the 1940's anymore. There are no Pearl Habor-esque surprise attacks anymore. Radar technology has made it to where shyt like that can't happen anymore. There's a reason why you don't see superpower vs. superpower warfare anymore, and it's been proxy wars between superpowers or superpower vs. insurgent groups.

The greatest tool the United States has in warfare is location. It's 2 huge bodies of water on the east and west, and north and south you have to come through Canada or Mexico. You can't sneak up on that. You can't think you're gonna bring a convoy of warfare vehicles without the US knowing from 1000+ miles away.

So the only option is ICBM's (Intercontinental ballistic missile) and there are measures against that as well. The US has GMD's (Ground-Based Midcourse Defense) for intercepting ICBM's.

Tbh there is no benefit for either side in a War because both sides are trade partners and there is nothing to gain for both sides and everything to lose.

 

[Mowgli]

USA would wash them...no contest...they can't even feed their people...

Them food banks were drying up during the pandemic.

I dunno how ready the nation is for true duress. Hopefully better then china

 

[Vandelay]

Depends on the type of war.

An invasion of China, no.
Protecting Taiwan, probably not.
China invading Japan, yes.
China attacking the US, fukk yes.

China can't project...doesn't matter if they have potentially a billion fukking troops, they can't get them to leave the country. They have no navy...the carriers they have are not nuclear powered so they only can project a couple hundred miles from the coast. Their airplanes are Russian fighters 2 generations behind what the US has. They can only build bombs right now, which is what they are doing.

In 30 years, this will be a different story, but objectively the US can hurt China very badly in any scenario faced, even if the US doesn't win. The US losing a conflict looks like Vietnam or Afghanistan, more embarrassment than total loss. China not so much.

 

[93 til]

Wars aren’t fought on paper. Wars are always going to be fought on the ground unless nukes are allowed which means there will be no winners.

To the hypothetical war: you can’t win a war from the air - you still have to fight on the ground. And the number of manpower doesn’t always determine who wins a war - it’s about military doctrine, how well trained the combatants are, fire power, tactics and the morale of the soldiers when things get tough/rough.

I guess neither side has the advantage until it kicks off.

 

[generic-username]

The last time the US faced "Chinese laundry men" as a US general in the Korean War labeled them, the entire US 8th Army almost got wiped out.

 

[Umoja]

That wasn't a real war.

Yeah, a real war with China would be worse.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Yeah, a real war with China would be worse.

No my point was the war in the middle east was never about 'winning' or protecting